The Crow Irrigation Project, located on the Crow Indian Reservation, contains a potential of 104,700 acres of irrigated land (75 percent in Indian ownership). This report describes the total acreage currently irrigated, the condition of the...

The Lower Marias Irrigation Unit, to be constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation, includes some of the Indian lands known as the Turtle Mountain Public Domain Allotments and a portion of the Rocky Boy's Reservations. These lands are now under the...

Presents an account of the route of Meriwether Lewis’ travels through what is now the Blackfeet Reservation in July, 1806. The report attempts to locate the site where Lewis’ party encountered eight Piegan, during which time two Indians were...

The purposes of this study of the Wind River Shoshone Sun Dance are to broaden existing knowledge of the past and present forms of the ceremony, to trace its history, and to outline the social and psychological factors affecting the development of...

Contents: Introduction (The life and works of Edwin Thompson Denig) -- Crow relationship to the Hidatsa -- Description of Crow country -- Population and major divisions -- Intertribal relations -- Raiding for horses -- Some characteristics of the...

This study compares Indian livestock ranch organization and operations on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation with non-Indian ranch organizations and operations in adjoining and nearby counties. Costs and returns are compared to assess the equity of...

This report presents a proposal for production and commercial use of forest products under a multiple-use program for the Indian forest resources, i.e., timber, watershed, grazing, wildlife and recreation. It is a plan for sustained-yield...

This report is an effort to pull together data indicating the extent of the resources of the Blackfeet Reservation and surrounding area. The study area includes Glacier, Pondera, and Toole Counties. This area is primarily agricultural and has very...

The primary purpose of this report is to provide an inventory of human and material resources for availability to tribal government, tribal planners and tribal members for use in implementing the expanded roles in self-determination that...

This study of coal impact is designed to provide information to Crow Tribal leaders and other decision makers relative to principal environmental concerns or impacts resulting from various levels of coal development on the Crow Reservation and its...

This technical discussion has been prepared from analysis of data obtained from the 1971-1972 Continuous Forest Inventory project and review of previous inventory and management plan information for the Flathead Indian Reservation. The discussion...

This report represents a new effort by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Indian Education to prepare a comprehensive education plan. The report does not attempt to answer all the questions that might arise later and may be important to the...

This publication contains a collection of 192 articles extracted from 125 issues of Indian Education published between 1944 and 1951. The articles deal with a range of topics including administration at the national and local level, understanding...

The Crow Reservation contains 2,282,764 acres of land. Although the amount of allotted trust land on the reservation decreased from 1,690,400 acres in 1952 to 1,309,313 acres in 1961, it still constituted 57 percent of land within the reservation...

The forest within the Flathead Indian Reservation is in a transition from extensive to intensive management, i.e., from salvaging mortality and imminent mortality (initial cut) to manipulation of stand stocking towards the desirable level of...

This document is a bibliography listing reports by Missouri River Basin Investigations and some reports by other agencies which analyze and report on Indian interests in the Missouri River Basin. Pages 15 & 25 covering the Iowa and Sac & Fox...

Report proposes to determine the accuracy of the legal descriptions and the ownership of lands contained in the two applications of the Bureau of Reclamation for Crow tribal and allotted lands. The material and findings gathered are a preparation...

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